Music, Muslims and Jews
With the rise of Islam and the expanding Arab conquests throughout the Middle East, North Africa and Spain, the…
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
This is a short extract of the article “…
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
“From Berlin to Jerusalem and Back - The Letters of German-Jewish Musicologist Edith Gerson Kiwi (1908-1992),” is…
Revisiting a Forgotten Treasure in Philadelphia
The library of Gratz College is very well known among scholars and collectors of Jewish music for its rich musical…
The Liturgical Music of the Provencal Jews (old Comtat Venaissin)
On the occasion of the renewed interest on the opera “Esther de Carpentras” by French Jewish composer…
Salamone Rossi’s HaShirim Asher LiShlomo in its Fourth Centennial (5383-5783)
Even if you are mildly interested in Jewish music, you cannot avoid…
Musical Traditions of the Ethiopian Jews
The dramatic immigration of the Ethiopian Jews from their country of origin to Israel in the 1980’s and 1990’s has moved the hearts of people…
Jews in Gibraltar and the music of their synagogues
Jews in Gibraltar and the music of their synagogues: An introduction
German Jewish Sacred Musical Intersections
This project aims to map, analyze and make German Jewish liturgical music (minhag Ashkenaz) accessible to the scholarly community and…
The Idelsohn Project
Is music intrinsically political? The best-known Jewish song in the world is “Hava Nagila” (“Come, let us rejoice”).
Jewish Music Collections at the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv
Jewish Music Collections of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv, aka the “Beregovski Collection,” [henceforth: the Kyiv…
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
On March 15, 1899, the distinguished scholar, cantor, composer and avid manuscript collector Eduard Birnbaum of Königsberg published a short…